verb (ribs, ribbing, ribbed)

In the daytime there had been the basking ridge where great ribbed wings of iridescent green or gray or black, dull red or brown or yellow, stretched to channel the sun to the dragon's quickening savoring bodies.

The stained concrete was ribbed, ridged and textured to a rather extreme extent.

You can now choose from vertical tubes, sometimes with sinuous curves, thin wall-hugging panels or wacky shapes, many of which make a strong, sculptural statement, replacing the mundane beige ribbed slabs you dislike so much.

There's so much affection in the way that they cheer each other on, in the loving way they interact with their children, in the way that they rib each other and tease and play and work.

Billy in particular is a near-perfect example of Angel at its best, constantly presenting all the characters involved with difficult moral choices and at the same time mercilessly ribbing them for acting as they do.

Yet I would stress that the first player who goes public with their homosexuality will face few problems from team-mates - over and above being mercilessly ribbed.

Derivatives

ribless

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adjective

Origin

Old Englishrib, ribb (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutchrib(be) and German Rippe. Sense 1 of the verb dates from the mid 16th century; the sense 'tease' was originally a US slang usage meaning 'to fool, dupe' (1930s).